10 Hard Rock Bands Who Never Made A Bad Album

When it first started to come to fruition, the idea of mixing hip hop and rock seemed absolutely ridiculous. While both styles leaned heavily on aggression, the juxtaposition of heavy guitar riffs set against intricate rap flows seemed too much like a novelty to be taken seriously. Some bands may have eventually justified those expectations, but when Rage Against the Machine arrived, the results were absolutely stunning.

Emerging around the same time grunge was finding its feet, this four-man roster out of California were true freaks of nature, with songs that cut to your core about human nature. Sure, you could easily bang your head to something like 'Killing in the Name', but once you sat back and listened to the lyrics, you were getting a firm indictment of structural racism.

This kind of artistic combination may have seemed like a fluke at first, but Rage truly made the '90s their own with albums like Evil Empire and the Battle of Los Angeles, where they continued to stretch the boundaries of their messages and musical abilities. In the end though, the band's political discourse ended up driving them apart, with some members going on to form Audioslave with Chris Cornell. Rage Against the Machine may been dormant for years, but what they brought to the table over 20 years ago is still relevant today.